diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/config/BUILD.bazel b/br/pkg/lightning/config/BUILD.bazel
index 6d2cb32a9ccc7..61aeaae344a56 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/config/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/config/BUILD.bazel
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ go_library(
         "//br/pkg/lightning/log",
         "//br/pkg/version/build",
         "//config",
+        "//parser/ast",
         "//parser/mysql",
         "//util",
         "//util/table-filter",
diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/config/config.go b/br/pkg/lightning/config/config.go
index 87256290c9072..85991e7a79215 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/config/config.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/config/config.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/lightning/common"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/lightning/log"
 	tidbcfg "github.com/pingcap/tidb/config"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/ast"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/mysql"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util"
 	filter "github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/table-filter"
@@ -162,6 +163,16 @@ func (cfg *Config) String() string {
 	return string(bytes)
 }
 
+// Redact redacts the sensitive information.
+func (cfg *Config) Redact() string {
+	originDir := cfg.Mydumper.SourceDir
+	defer func() {
+		cfg.Mydumper.SourceDir = originDir
+	}()
+	cfg.Mydumper.SourceDir = ast.RedactURL(cfg.Mydumper.SourceDir)
+	return cfg.String()
+}
+
 func (cfg *Config) ToTLS() (*common.TLS, error) {
 	hostPort := net.JoinHostPort(cfg.TiDB.Host, strconv.Itoa(cfg.TiDB.StatusPort))
 	return common.NewTLS(
diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/config/config_test.go b/br/pkg/lightning/config/config_test.go
index 63cdce382d73f..ee7f22676f43e 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/config/config_test.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/config/config_test.go
@@ -1019,3 +1019,30 @@ func TestCreateSeveralConfigsWithDifferentFilters(t *testing.T) {
 	))
 	require.True(t, common.StringSliceEqual(config.GetDefaultFilter(), originalDefaultCfg))
 }
+
+func TestRedactConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		origin string
+		redact string
+	}{
+		{"", ""},
+		{":", ":"},
+		{"~/file", "~/file"},
+		{"gs://bucket/file", "gs://bucket/file"},
+		{"gs://bucket/file?access-key=123", "gs://bucket/file?access-key=123"},
+		{"gs://bucket/file?secret-access-key=123", "gs://bucket/file?secret-access-key=123"},
+		{"s3://bucket/file", "s3://bucket/file"},
+		{"s3://bucket/file?other-key=123", "s3://bucket/file?other-key=123"},
+		{"s3://bucket/file?access-key=123", "s3://bucket/file?access-key=xxxxxx"},
+		{"s3://bucket/file?secret-access-key=123", "s3://bucket/file?secret-access-key=xxxxxx"},
+		{"s3://bucket/file?access_key=123", "s3://bucket/file?access_key=xxxxxx"},
+		{"s3://bucket/file?secret_access_key=123", "s3://bucket/file?secret_access_key=xxxxxx"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		cfg := config.NewConfig()
+		cfg.Mydumper.SourceDir = tt.origin
+
+		require.Contains(t, cfg.Redact(), tt.redact)
+		require.Contains(t, cfg.String(), tt.origin)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/lightning.go b/br/pkg/lightning/lightning.go
index 7c08a0082db90..1c4a4cfe1aa4b 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/lightning.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/lightning.go
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ var (
 
 func (l *Lightning) run(taskCtx context.Context, taskCfg *config.Config, o *options) (err error) {
 	build.LogInfo(build.Lightning)
-	o.logger.Info("cfg", zap.Stringer("cfg", taskCfg))
+	o.logger.Info("cfg", zap.String("cfg", taskCfg.Redact()))
 
 	utils.LogEnvVariables()
 
diff --git a/parser/ast/misc.go b/parser/ast/misc.go
index 9bd075a22f449..42c1754d20d34 100644
--- a/parser/ast/misc.go
+++ b/parser/ast/misc.go
@@ -3287,6 +3287,31 @@ func (n *BRIEStmt) Restore(ctx *format.RestoreCtx) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// RedactURL redacts the secret tokens in the URL. only S3 url need redaction for now.
+// if the url is not a valid url, return the original string.
+func RedactURL(str string) string {
+	// FIXME: this solution is not scalable, and duplicates some logic from BR.
+	u, err := url.Parse(str)
+	if err != nil {
+		return str
+	}
+	scheme := u.Scheme
+	switch strings.ToLower(scheme) {
+	case "s3", "ks3":
+		values := u.Query()
+		for k := range values {
+			// see below on why we normalize key
+			// https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/blob/a7c0d95f16ea2582bb569278c3f829403e6c3a7e/br/pkg/storage/parse.go#L163
+			normalizedKey := strings.ToLower(strings.ReplaceAll(k, "_", "-"))
+			if normalizedKey == "access-key" || normalizedKey == "secret-access-key" || normalizedKey == "session-token" {
+				values[k] = []string{"xxxxxx"}
+			}
+		}
+		u.RawQuery = values.Encode()
+	}
+	return u.String()
+}
+
 // SecureText implements SensitiveStmtNode
 func (n *BRIEStmt) SecureText() string {
 	// FIXME: this solution is not scalable, and duplicates some logic from BR.